Supplemental Information

Supplemental Material contains data for the paper that is, in general, either
too complex or unsuited for publishing in print. This includes large datasets
(such as extensive tables, gene sequences, or complex coded sequences) and
nonprintable material (such as video clips and movies). However, this may also
include simpler-looking figures and/or tables that the reviewers or authors have
otherwise determined as supplemental to the text. If an author has designated
certain materials as supplemental, chances are good that the reviewer or editor
requested that it be included as such, even if at first glance it looks like it
could be included in the final article. If you are unsure about a particular set
of Supplemental Material, inquire with the author.

Supplemental Material is indicated in RPM with an icon (an "S" with a circle
around it). As the Copy Editor, you are responsible for making sure that APS has
the necessary Supplemental Material available, and the Online Production Editor
(Mike Gentry) should be made aware of
its existence during check-in stage.

There are two ways to call the reader's attention to the presence of
Supplemental Material in the text. Both of them use the following statement:
"Supplemental Material for this article is available online at the Journal
website."

If the author has specifically mentioned Supplemental Material in the text,
then the citation can be followed by a parenthetical comment. If the author has
only mentioned part of the Supplemental Material (for example, "see Supplemental
Fig. S1"), then call the reader's attention to the fact that there is
Supplemental Material in general (by changing the text to read, for example,
"see Supplemental Material, Supplemental Fig. S1").

NB: callouts to supplemental figures and tables must always
be numbered "S1, S2, S3," etc. If you forget the S, it can cause linking
problems when the paper is published online.

You also have to option of creating a footnote; it's your preference. The
footnote should be placed at the end of the sentence that first mentions the
Supplemental Material. The code «fnc#», where # is the footnote number, is used
to call out a footnote in the Toolkit, and the «fn» code at the end of the text
(by the correspondence address) should have the requisite website statement
above.

If the author has not referenced their Supplemental Material anywhere in the
text but there is Supplemental Material for the article availabe, then use the
footnote method to cite it. The footnote callout should be placed right after
the after the abstract line.